Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson’s World Cup ‘anthem’ with cricket legend Freddy Flintoff is being described as the ‘worst England song ever’.

Ahead of this summer’s World Cup in Russia, the Leeds United fan has teamed up with the Ashes winner.

The unlikely duo, backed by the online bookmaker BetStars, have done their own version of Boney M's Rasputin, dedicated to captain Harry Kane.

In the chrous, they sing: "Ra ra Raspu-teen, England's got a goal machine, he's Harry Kane and he's gonna score. Ra ra Rasputin, he's captain of the England team, he's off to Russia to lay down the law."

With lyrical genius such as that, you’d expect fans of music and football to lap up the song but it doesn’t seem that this new effort will last long in the memory (for good reasons) like New Order’s World in Motion or Baddiel and Skinner’s Three Lions offerings.

You can listen to Ricky and Freddie's new England song below:

Here’s a selection of some rather cruel but funny reviews of the song:

Still, despite the honest feedback, Ricky and Freddie believe the patriotic love note to Harry Kane is destined to be a hit.

Putting on their most PR savvy hat, here's what they had to say about the song.

Freddie said: "When I heard that England had no official anthem, I told the BetStars team that I was gonna get a band together to create a song. Naturally they bet that I couldn't get a star big enough and talented enough to perform the song, but that they'd back the production if I could. That's when I rang Ricky.

Ricky Wilson's new England anthem doesn't look like it will be a classic

"It's a perfect choice for a football anthem this summer. It's Russian, it's got all the noises, and all the dances - the only dodgy thing is I'm in it. There's been some cracking World Cup songs in the past and it would be nice to think that the fans will get behind this one and sing it in the stands over in Russia. If they don't, Ricky and I will just have to fly over there and get it going on the terraces ourselves."

Ricky added: "Rasputin has such a great chorus. The test for any song is imagining a group of football fans singing it on the terraces. It worked with Ruby, Ruby, Ruby and now it's working with Ra Ra Rasputin. And it's another R: Riot, Ruby, Rasputin."

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The pair are joined in the music video by their 'Stars House Band', which includes Fay Milton from post-punk band Savages.

You can watch the full video (if you can bear to) on the BetStars website, but you'll have to enter its £100 Million Challenge to unlock it. The challenge asks football fans to predict all 64 win, lose or draw results of the World Cup for the chance to win £100 million.

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